Hebron Church, Cemetery, and Academy · Photo: Gwringle · CC BY-SA 3.0Commerce has 43 acres of parks, 5.3 for every 1,000 residents
1.3 miles of mapped trail cross Commerce, 0.1 per square mile of land. 65% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 24% of U.S. towns · #208 of 264 in Georgia. What drives it
How much outdoors does Commerce have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Commerce is ahead of 24% of U.S. towns, #208 of 264 in Georgia. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Commerce’s 1% is ahead of 16% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 28% of them.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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42 conserved acres
1% of Commerce’s land. Who manages Commerce’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Veterans Memorial Park Local Park | Town or city | 25 | Open |
| Richard Riding Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Willoughby Park Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Little League Field Local Recreation Area | Private owners | 3 | Open |
| Ridgeway Community Center Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Spencer Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
3 places to go in Commerce
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 dog park without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
2 lakes & rivers
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Commerce: April to June
NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 53 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 79 | 86 | 89 | 88 | 83 | 73 | 63 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
October is the driest month (3.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 4.9 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Commerce →
Questions about parks and trails in Commerce
How much of Commerce is conserved land?
1% of its land, against a typical 2% for a Georgia town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Is there public land near Commerce?
1,256 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Commerce or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 43 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Commerce have?
Ahead of 24% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #208 of 264 in Georgia. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Commerce neighbors.
Where this page comes from
Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →